Proverbs 26:1–12
1 Like snow in summer and like arain in harvest,
So honor is not bfitting for a fool.
2 Like a asparrow in its 1flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a bcurse without cause does not 2alight.
3 A awhip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a brod for the back of fools.
4 aDo not answer a fool according to his folly,
Or you will also be like him.
5 aAnswer a fool as his folly deserves,
That he not be bwise in his own eyes.
6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
7 Like the legs which 1are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 Like 1one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 Like a thorn which 1falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 1Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
11 Like aa dog that returns to its vomit
Is a fool who brepeats 1his folly.
12 Do you see a man awise in his own eyes?
bThere is more hope for a fool than for him.